Georgetown: Government successfully moved a bill in the national assembly Thursday evening to postpone local government elections, pending completion of a review by a Parliamentary team.
The combined opposition which has a one seat majority, insisted that the postponement should instead be a deadline for holding elections by November the latest.
Local Government Minister, Ganga Persaud noted that the postponement is critical as four bills that will see mandatory reforms are before a special select committee of the National Assembly. He said that the 1997 General Elections saw the establishment of a task force which was given the mandate to prepare legislative reforms.
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